Originally Posted by
shankguru
Hey parmaster, won't re-quote everything you said there or the whole page will fill up with our two posts...
- looking at your golflink profile you can obviously play better than me, but I still find it hard to to believe you're playing run up shots on those holes...how on earth do you run the ball up on 1 and 2? (I'm asking because that's obviously a shot that I still can't fathom?) I can fully appreciate the need to play a much lower shot dependent on conditions, but still.. 1 and 2???
1 is quite easy to run a ball up. Get out a 7i or less and land it less than 1/3rd up the hill otherwise it'll stop too quickly. Also it's a good idea to keep a little left.
The 2nd I just get out a 3i or 2i (I don't try and run it up when the hole is playing 164, but the 184 tee certainly do), and hit it a little softer and lower and it'll run up no worries. It's a good shot if the pin is at the back as you can land it in the hollow just to the left of the green and it'll scoot up nicely.
- I don't actually love the old course at the national, it's very good, but I prefer courses where what you see is what you get? I only ask about the moonah (and the dunes actually) because I think NSW actually reminds me a bit of it (minus the view and friendly members!)
So you are not a fan of blind shots? RSGC might be your cup of tea then. NSW has blind - semi blind shots on holes 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15 and 16.
- I don't judge a courses condition purely on divots and pitch marks, but let's just say, there were a lot more than I would have expected (divots are fine, but unfilled is not ideal? the pitch marks on the greens were excessive and did affect putting)... having said that, for new greens, they are pretty pure...
Unfortunately people are never going to change their ways. It's the same at every course. Bonnie Doon are going through the same struggle too.
- I can't quite believe how Royal Melb polarises so many people? It's not my favourite (actually you'd laugh if I told you my fav), but bloody hell, it cops some flack on forums when some of the world's best players rate it in their top few...
I do need to get back down to RM and try and understand what all the fuss is about.
Might take you up on the offer, but I have promised to visit friends at Royal Sydney next visit and wife is unlikely to allow two pass outs in a weekend, if you're in Melbourne... I play at one of your reciprocals...
Sounds like a plan. I think I might be coming down in November.